UConn Co-op Book Store Could Be Replaced By National Corporation

[the Q]

The switch was getting more $$ from students and giving it to B&N. Yeah, with the extra money, it looks great! The prices on used books increased 400% but that's the game!

I'd take a wager your numbers are a bit off. lol

 

[upstater]

I'd take a wager your numbers are a bit off. lol

Since we can't wager I can only say I've been on committees at 2 separate universities where this was discussed. A $20 new book used to be sold for $2 or 3 used. $10-12 post B&N. Students have gone to Amazon to defray the costs at B&N, but it is a world of difference than how it used to be.

 

[the Q]

Since we can't wager I can only say I've been on committees at 2 separate universities where this was discussed. A $20 new book used to be sold for $2 or 3 used. $10-12 post B&N. Students have gone to Amazon to defray the costs at B&N, but it is a world of difference than how it used to be.

Yeah I was just messing around, and I also thought you meant 400% more than the old co-op price for the same book.

I was gonna say, I saw the data there. The difference between the 2 is quite small.

Amazon is going to be a pain for the textbook industry no matter who has a building in Storrs.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Since we can't wager I can only say I've been on committees at 2 separate universities where this was discussed. A $20 new book used to be sold for $2 or 3 used. $10-12 post B&N. Students have gone to Amazon to defray the costs at B&N, but it is a world of difference than how it used to be.

Yeah I was just messing around, and I also thought you meant 400% more than the old co-op price for the same book.

I was gonna say, I saw the data there. The difference between the 2 is quite small.

Amazon is going to be a pain for the textbook industry no matter who has a building in Storrs.

I can't believe publishers are still printing college text books. It's so much more money for them to cut out the middle man and charge students a fee to get a key to "buy" the electronic book for the semester. Kills the secondary market too since each semester a key costs the same. No printing costs, no distribution, etc.

 

[the Q]

I can't believe publishers are still printing college text books. It's so much more money for them to cut out the middle man and charge students a fee to get a key to "buy" the electronic book for the semester. Kills the secondary market too since each semester a key costs the same. No printing costs, no distribution, etc.

Digital rental model could work. I think it would be more expensive than you think since he margins on the books are just absurdly massive.

But still cheaper than the status quo.

We’ll get there.

 

[huskymedic]